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AMD Plans HDR Gaming and FreeSync Expansion

by Tom Allen

At a Radeon Technology group summit in California this month, AMD revealed some of the plans it has for its GPU line – firmly focused around improving image quality. One of the most significant …

VESA Celebrates New Roster

by Tom Allen

VESA’s membership roster has exceeded 230 companies. The organisation attributes much of its recent growth to increasing adoption of the DisplayPort standard, which is being supported by DisplayPort Alt Mode in USB-C. VESA will …

VESA Rolls Out Production-Ready Embedded DisplayPort Standard 1.4 for Mobile Personal Computing Devices

by Isaac Oburu

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced it has published the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) standard version 1.4b. This new release takes the original eDP 1.4 standard to production-ready status, incorporating a number of …

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VESA Refines eDP and Lowers BoM

by Tom Allen

VESA has published the next version of the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) standard: V1.4b. This takes eDP 1.4 to production-ready status. The new version features several key protocol refinements and clarifications, resulting from VESA member …

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Analogix, GRL Expand The SlimPort Adopters Program to Include USB Type-C

by Tom Allen

Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. and Granite River Labs (GRL) today announced the expansion of the SlimPort® Adopters Program (SAP?) to include the USB Type-C™ connector. Available to any USB Type-C device manufacturer, the program offers …

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Pericom has USB Type-C for Alt Mode

by Bob Raikes

Pericom has developed a USB Type-C support chip (the PI3USB30532) with alternate mode switching to support DisplayPort V1.2. There is a 6×4 differential crossbar signal switch that allows 5Gbps for USB 3.1 and 5.4Gbps …

Eizo: DisplayPort Might Cause 6-Bit Image Display

by Tom Allen

A fault has been found in several Radiforce monitors from Eizo. These products could mistakenly show 6-bit (64 gradations), rather than 8- or 10-bit (256 or 1,024 gradations, respeectively), when connected to particular graphics …

AMD Skips HDMI 2.0 Support

by Tom Allen

According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to …

MegaChips Bridges DisplayPort and HDMI

by Tom Allen

Megachips is now shipping a DisplayPort 1.2/HDMI 2.0a bridge chip family. The MCDP28 line implements a high-speed level shifter and active-protocol converter (LSPCON) in a single chip. The chips support HDMI level shifting up …

One Connector to Rule Them All…

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Apple, along with its new Watch products, announced its latest MacBook notebook. One of the stand out features was that the small size and weight, enabled, in part, by the decision to …

Gefen Takes Signal Switching to Next Level with the Launch of its New Multi-Format Processor

by Vanessa Browning

Connectivity solutions provider Gefen ups its switching game with the release of its new Multi-Format Processor (EXT-MFP). This simple to use, single box solution provides ample source switching, format conversion with automatic scaling and …

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VESA Bangs the Drum for USB Type-C

by Bob Raikes

VESA was at the show to talk about DisplayPort in particular. There is, of course, a lot of interest in the alternate mode for USB-C. We saw a number of USB-type C connectors and …

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